Dinoponera australis

Dinoponera australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Dinoponera
Species:	D. australis
Binomial name
Dinoponera australis Emery, 1901

Dinoponera australis is a species of ant notable for its lack of distinct queen caste. Studies have shown that fat storage in this species is related to the division of labour in the colony and non-reproductive indiviuals are characterized with a lower lipid count than reproductives.^[1]

References

1. ^ Chris R. Smith, Andrew V. Suarez, Neil D. Tsutsui, Sarah E. Wittman, Benjamin Edmonds, Alex Freauff, Chadwick V. Tillberg (2011). "Nutritional asymmetries are related to division of labor in a queenless ant". PLoS ONE 6 (8): e24011. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024011. PMID 21886914. 

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